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November 4, 2008
Virgin Media and BSkyB call truce
Virgin Media and British Sky Broadcasting declared...as a drag on both companies. Virgin Media will have to give some details in its...include Sky1, Sky2, Sky3, Sky News, Sky Sports News and the two Sky Arts channels. After...Court for permission to drop all legal action. The arrival of two new chief executives...that both were losing revenue,” a media analyst, who asked not to be named... By Ben Fenton, Chief Media Correspondent
October 23, 2009
End of free banking must end poor service
...cheques and the Office of Fair Trading’s ongoing probe into unarranged overdraft fees, banks are taking pre-emptive action and scrabbling to find new income streams. Many will doubtless hit on the (hardly novel) idea of charging more widely for...by contrast, is a business that took (and takes) risks, competed (and still competes) for premium content such as sports rights, and continues to win market share mainly by being better at what it does than competitors. Rather like Virgin Atlantic...shareholders at Friday’s BSkyB annual meeting were similarly pugnacious, urging Ofcom (which is investigating Sky at Virgin Media’s prompting) to let the benefits of private enterprise emerge. Both men could take a lesson in candour from the late... By Andrew Hill
May 2, 2005
Virtual versions rake in real money
...long-term virtual media rights to sports. These games accounted for four slots...providing a new stream of revenue for sports bodies. The reported $100m a year...companies asserting their new-found big media status. As global pay-television...demonstrated, when it comes to lucrative sports rights the name of the game is exclusivity...lacks something in its translation to action sports games. This makes the franchise... By Chris Nuttall
November 15, 2007
Egdon hitches wagon to Star
...increase in pre-tax profits for the half year to September, thanks to contracts it won from Abbey, HBOS and Virgin Media. Public relations group Chime Communications jumped 13 per cent to 43½p following a bullish note from Numis Securities. It said the company's recent acquisition of the Fast Track sports marketing agency put it in a strong position to benefit from upcoming international sporting events in the UK. Property...per cent to 19¼p. The group confirmed that a verdict is expected to be made public in the next day or so on legal action taken against the group by David Kahn, a former employee. By John O'Doherty and Neil Hume
March 17, 2009
Good times end for Dubai's expats
...from finance and real estate to sectors such as tourism, media and retail, many are packing up and heading home. Dubai...notice periods. But they see little point in pursuing legal action over the relatively modest sums involved. Not all those...to promote the city through an events company focusing on sports and culture. But corporate sponsorship evaporated, leaving...target for the ongoing cost-cutting regime across Dubai Inc. His role was reduced from chief executive to adviser on...Porsche after being made redundant in January. Intense media interest - not to mention the wide dissemination of his... By Simeon Kerr
January 30, 2009
Super Bowl advertisers toe Obama line
...the street. Messages of hope and messages of value are more relevant.” Audi, which last year touted its $114,000 R8 sports car, has bought a 60-second spot to advertise the A6 saloon car that costs about half the price. Advertisers including...more than last year, or $3m per 30 seconds, to appear in the only show whose commercials are as heavily scrutinised as the action itself. Detroit carmakers have dropped out and FedEx is not returning, but DreamWorks Animation and PepsiCo plan to make... By Kenneth Li and Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson in New York
February 27, 2009
Interpublic downbeat on maintaining margins
...But if revenue declines in the range of, conservatively, 2 to 3 per cent, we think we can maintain margins by taking action early in the year. If [organic] revenues decline at a greater rate than that, obviously we will be hard pressed to maintain...public relations businesses, which include Weber Shandwick and GolinHarris, were relatively resilient, while events and sports marketing were hit most by falling marketing budgets. “Experimental media” were seeing less investment too, Mr Roth said, as clients were “much more reluctant to make investments in areas... By Tim Bradshaw in London
January 22, 2007
Anyone can become CEO of You Inc
...chief executive of Roy M. Huffington Inc," reads his entry. On further investigation, Roy M. Huffington Inc (also known as Huffco) turns out to...when you can be chief executive of You Inc? A hint that membership of the old power...the Sunset Strip - says something about media navel-gazing. But 30 Rock is justified...true for a long time - since film and sports stars were permitted to sell their services...investors will grant a generous piece of the action to operating executives. This may not... By John Gapper
January 21, 2007
Become CEO of You Inc
...chief executive of Roy M. Huffington Inc,” reads his entry. On further investigation, Roy M. Huffington Inc (also known as Huffco) turns out to...when you can be chief executive of You Inc? A hint that membership of the old power...Sunset Strip – says something about media navel-gazing. But 30 Rock is justified...true for a long time – since film and sports stars were permitted to sell their...investors will grant a generous piece of the action to operating executives. This may not... By John Gapper
July 27, 2009
Gulf’s sporting eye needs to be kept on goals for home
...recent weeks, particularly in the British media. The coverage has stretched across tabloids...stars. The stories have generated more media coverage for Abu Dhabi than any of the stream...and Dubai’s construction of a “sports city” and potential bid for the 2020...argue that successfully hosting a big sports event not only places the host in front...was putting it under scrutiny but the action also attracted a record $300,000 fine... By Andrew England